How are you participating in World Nutella Day? I can’t wait to see what you make (more information on participating) – be sure to check back on Monday, February 7th, for the global round-up on our sites.

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On to my contribution for World Nutella Day this year…

After 5 years of collecting hundreds of Nutella recipes, sometimes I find it hard to find inspiration (perhaps everything’s been done?) but I’m so glad I made this cake. I have been obsessed recently with liquid center cakes, and chocolate cakes that are part-brownie and part-custard, dense but not fudgy, and while this cake doesn’t have a liquid center, it has a texture that is completely satisfying and rich. Of course the Nutella adds that special something! And there’s so few ingredients, and it’s gluten free, so you should be able to bring things together in no time!

My other half gave this cake a very solid 10 out of 10! It has moved up the list on my go-to cakes and I know I’ll be making it again…soon. Next time I make it I might add cinnamon or hot peperoncino pepper for an added kick.

@David – I’d be curious to see how it would come out with your baking method (I was too impatient and lazy to try it) – also Nutella can be more solid and sticky than regular chocolate, so I was curious to see how it would react…it worked out great! But you are the master!

I can see why your cake gets a 10 out of 10, it looks just decadent! I had a great time thinking of Nutella recipes to try, and I’m sure after today, I’ll have even more on my list. Have a great Nutella day!

The cake looks divine, just the kind I’d like. It can only be that much better with Nutella.
I just had Nutella Banana Oatmeal for breakfast–might be my favorite oatmeal ever. Holy yum!
I also made some Nutella Truffle Chocolate Chip Cookies the other day. Heaven!http://www.bakingandboys.com/2011/01/nutella-truffle-chocolate-chip-hazelnut.html
How do I add those to your list?
Thanks for starting such a wonderful thing!

OMG , this is terrific!
I lovee that dip in the center once its cooled , lodsa place to smear some more Nutella:-)
Thannxx a ton for giving us World Nutella Day :-)
Huggies and love …..
hay hay …..Its world Nutella Day!

WOW…I would give this a solid 10/10 just looking at it, and a 20/10 after chomping through a slice. Looks just wonderful & ever so indulgent. Happy Nutella Day. Thank you for cohosting this wonderful day with Michelle. This is one of the most delicious waves to hit the planet!

Big thank you for coming up with World Nutella Day and sponsoring it. Looking forward to all the recipes on your Monday roundup. For Nutella Day, I made a flourless chocolate & hazelnut cake on which I slathered Nutella ganache, but I’ll use this cake next time for a double dose of Nutella.

Oh my. That cake looks so amazing that I couldn’t not leave a comment, but I’m a little speechless at the moment!
That first picture is gorgeous, I just want to dive straight into that dark, dense centre. This is definitely going on the “to bake soon” list, even if I have missed nutella day- every day in my house is nutella day!

My chocolate wasn’t very dark. I used semi-sweet chips (what was in the house). I just didn’t get any “notes of Nutella”, however my mother-in-law is enjoying the torta. Thanks for gathering all these great Nutella recipes. Many more to try!

Hello! I am new at World Nutella Day and actually only recently tasted Nutella for the very first time and now I am totally hooked. Your cake looks so wonderful – very moist. Both photos are gorgeous! Thank you for hosting World Nutella Day and I look forward to participating again next year.

I must admit that this is the first year I became aware of the Nutella Day event… and when I first heard about it, I was a little amused and thought that it must have been some marketing gimmick employed by Ferrero! However, the many entries churned out by bloggers all of the world, had left me reeling and salivating over the many possibilities that this delicious spread offer. Thank you for organising this. Will look out for it next year!

I made this cake over the weekend and turned out very good but I unfortunately as in many recipes where you mix nutella with other ingredients the nutella flavor disappear. Still the texture and flavor of the cake was awesome but next time I think I will put perhaps a nutella buttercream on top so at least I can taste the chocolate hazelnut spread that we all love!
Thanks for sharing this recipe!

Thank you for sharing this recipe! I just made this today with the following additions: 1/4 tsp sea salt, 1 oz Frangelico, 1 tsp vanilla. I served it with a scoop of Talenti vanilla bean gelato. Positively DIVINE!

This chocolate nutella cake looks amazing. I can’t wait to try it. I agree with your 20% rule– you need to enjoy life and food and have some treats sometimes. Thanks for your blogs– I can’t wait to dive into all your Italian recipes, travel tips, and tech tips. I’m glad I found your blog.

This is exactly the kind of chocolate cake I want to bake! I’m trusting this one, definitely want to give it a try =)
And it seems so simple. (I might change ingredients/quantities just a tiny bit)

But checking David’s recipe, I got a little confused.
Because his method was “Pour the batter into the prepared springform pan and cover the top of the pan snugly with a sheet of foil. Put the springform pan into a larger baking pan, such as a roasting pan, and add enough hot water to the baking pan to come about halfway up to the outside of the cake pan” (also, he didn’t separate the egg whites and yolks??) And you just said “I was too impatient and lazy to try it”, so I’m curious: what are the big differences? (I don’t really understand the first thing about baking, honestly.)

@Sara – I think they are two completely different cakes – David’s baking method is more sophisticated and will probably render a moister, denser cake, but that’s not what I was going for, and I wanted something quick and easy :)

Sara, thank you so much for this recipe. It is the BEST chocolate cake ever- so light and moist. Being flourless, it is perfect for Passover. I made it for a cyber-Seder. I posted it with measurements by volume (cups, teaspoons) for my friends who don’t bake with a scale. Delish!

Well, I baked the cake! It came out tasting of hazelnuts and I added Nutella frosting (just nutella with milk) so it definitely does taste nutellish =)
However, I put a little more nutella a little less chocolate (and less butter accordingly) AND added hazelnuts. No added sugar! Yummy.
I’ll give it another try sometime soon ;)